For 46 years now I have been registered as a recorder maker with the Chamber of Trades in Avignon, and I am now 68 years old. More than 1200 recorders of all sizes (from the soprano to the consort great bass in F) have left my workshop, thanks to the unfailing trust of so many of you recorder players.

With an annual output limited to 30 recorders and an order book that was always full, you have rarely seen me exhibiting at fairs. All these years of a craft I love, and which is part of who I am, have gone by like a dream…

Since September 2024 I have been in “semi-retirement”, but I still service the recorders of my making that need it, and I go on making around ten recorders a year.

I very much enjoy making Renaissance consorts, and I now try to make one a year, or to complete the many I have made over the years (with a bass in C or a basset in G, for example). If I have orders for them, this drastically limits the number of solo recorders I can make each year (4 or 5!). My current waiting list is full until 2028. I will wait until the end of 2027 before taking new orders.

I have also reduced the range of models available (see catalog and price list).

I look forward to continuing to work for you, while also pursuing some of my other passions.

Yours sincerely,

Bruno Reinhard